Salt-feeder.



No. 841,283. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

-' P. J. TJOSSBM.

SALT FEEDER.

APPLICATION rmm 001e, 1905.

PORTES J. TJOSSEM, OFL'EGRAND, IOWA.

SALT-FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed October 6, 1905. Serial No. 281.634.

To aZZ- whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PORTES J. TJossEM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Legrand, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Salt-Feeder, of which the following isa specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a device for feeding salt toanimals, the containing-receptacle in which is capable of be ing rotatedby the animals to which the salt is to be fed and is so constructed thatas the containing-receptacle is rotated the salt will be fed between theslats of the receptacle and fall to the trough below, where it isaccessible to the animals.

A further object is to provide a device of.

A further object is to provide a cover or.

roof for the containing-receptacle which will keep rain and snow fromthe containing-receptacle and prevent the deterioration of the salt to agreat extent.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction,arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device wherebythe objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully setforth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete device.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view showing the ends of two of the bars and the way inwhich they are secured to the disks which support them; and Fig. 4 is asectional view of a portion of the hinged slat, showing the lockingmechanism for securing the slat in its closed position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used thereference-numerals and 1 1 to indicate the trough-supports, having atrough mounted between them, which trough has two inclined boards 12 and13, forming theirbottom portions, and also two upwardlyextending flanges14 and 15, which are designed to receive the salt as it drops throughthe slats of the containing-receptacle, so that it can be easilyobtained by the animals feedintegral with it is an aXle 21, designed torotate in the upright 16. Extending outwardly from the disk is an aXle22, de-

signed to rotate in the upright 17 Connecting the disks 19 and 20 andarranged substantially equidistant from each other is a series of slats23, which are set in depressions 24 in each of the disks 19 and 20. Anumber of screws 25 are passed through the disks 19 and 20 and into theend of each of the slats 23, with the exception of one of the slats,which I have for the sake of convenience numbered 26, which is hinged tothe disk 20 and is designed to be held in position relative to the disk19 by means of the sliding pin 27, which sliding pin is normally held ina closed position by means of the spring 28. This.

sliding pin 27 enters an opening 29 through the disk 19 and rigidlymaintains the slat 26 in a closed position. When, however, it is desiredto place salt in the containing-receptacle or to obtain access to theinterior of the containing-receptacle for any reason, the sliding pin ismoved rearwardly and the slat 26 swung outwardly on its hinge. Throughthe opening provided by swinging the slat 26 on its hinge access may beobtained to the interior of the receptacle, and salt may be easilypoured into the containing-receptacle.

.In practical use and assuming that the salt has been placed in thereceptacle and the slat 26 fastened in a closed position by the slidingpin 27 the animals will approach the containing-receptacle and smellingthe salt will lick the slats and cause the containing-receptacle to berotated, which Wlll allow the salt to fall through the slats of thisreceptacle onto the trough, where it can be easily obtained by theanimal. By the constant rotation of the containing-receptacle the saltwill be pulverized sufficiently to fall between the slats.

Having thus descr ib ed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. A trou h, uprights extendin upwardly from the ends of the trough, aroo secured to the upper ends of the uprights, and a rotatablecontaining-receptacle mounted between the uprights and beneath the roof.

2. A trou h, uprights extendin upwardly from the ends of the trough, aroo secured to the upper ends of the uprights, a rotatablecontaining-receptacle mounted between the uprights and beneath the roof,comprising two disks, axles on the disks designed to rotat'e on theuprights, and a series of slats arranged substantially equidistant fromeach ether t'etaveen the disks.

3. A trough, uprights ext-endin upwardly from'the ends of'the trough, aroo secured to the upper ends of the uprights, a rotatable 'oontaini-n'gae'cepta'cl'e mounted between the uprights and beneath theroof, comprising two disks, airies on the disks 'd'esi' 'ned to rotat-eon the uprights, a series 0 slats arranged substantially equidistantfrom each other between the disks, a hin' e secured to one of the slatsand to one oi? t e disks, and

a sliding pin secured to the same slat as the hinge, for retainin it ina closed position.

4 In a device 0 the class described, a r0- tatably-mounted receptacle,slats in the receptacle, arranged substantially equidistant from eachother, one of said slats capable of being opened to allow access to theinterior of the receptacle, a roof mounted above the receptacle, and atrough mounted beneath the receptacle.

5. In a device of the class described, a r0- tatably-mounted receptacle,slats in the receptacle, arranged substantially equidistant from eachother, one of said slats capable of being opened to allow access to theinterior of the receptacle, the receptacle comprisin two disks havingslats partially inside an partiall outside of their peripheries, andscrews ibr maintaining each of the slats in position relative to thedisks, said screws extending through the disks and into the ends of theslats.

P'ORTES J. TJOSSEM. Witnesses:

A. N. FRENCH, GEoRe A. TURM, A. Go'onMoNsoN.

